J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Second Italian Tour 1828-9 > Genoa and Florence Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Genoa, from the Sea, with S. Maria di Carignano 1828

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Genoa, from the Sea, with S. Maria di Carignano’ 1828
Folio 9 Verso:
Genoa from the Sea, with the Church of Santa Maria Assunta in Carignano 1828
D21429
Turner Bequest CCXXXIII 9a
Pencil on white lined wove paper, 96 x 144 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As identified by Cecilia Powell, this page features a slight view of Genoa, its towers silhouetted against the sky.1 Turner’s vantage point appears to be from a vessel out to sea, looking north-east towards the city’s Carignano district. A distinctive feature of the topography is the dome of Santa Maria Assunta, a Renaissance church built on a prominent hilltop position. Further views of this prominent landmark appear on folios 4 recto, 6 verso, 10 recto, 11 verso and 16 recto (D21418, D21423, D21430, D21433, D21442). The foreground is sparsely detailed except for a section of the city’s defensive walls.
For a general commentary on Turner’s first visit to Genoa in 1828, together with a list of relevant works in the sketchbook, see under folio 6 verso (D21423).
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Powell 1984, p.433.
Technical notes:
The page is divided by a conspicuous horizontal crease, possibly a manufacturing fault.

Hannah Kaspar
November 2024

How to cite

Hannah Kaspar, ‘Genoa from the Sea, with the Church of Santa Maria Assunta in Carignano 1828’, catalogue entry, November 2024, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2025, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/genoa-from-the-sea-with-the-church-of-santa-maria-assunta-in-carignano-r1209969, accessed 15 April 2025.